What Christ Is To Me - Don King 10/15/06

The verses we read in your hearing before.

Our prayer are really pretty amazing and I suppose that could

be said of all of the Bible, but I think this is especially true

because in this case the Apostle Begins by instructing us to seek

those things which are above now.

That's pretty commonly given advice even today, just about

all of our teachers and certainly all the preachers are

always instructing us and Advising us to seek those.

Those things which are above and to be less worldly minded to be

less physical minded to be more concerned, with spiritual

things, rather than things that are carnal things, our affection

is in fact to be on spiritual things rather than on physical

matters. In fact, you can give yourself a

little bit of a test to find out whether or not you are spiritual

in nature or carnal or I mean by carnal worldly in verse 9, the

Apostle tells us not to be Liars.

Why do you suppose he said that? Well, because we have put off

the old man, the old sinful, man, with his deeds.

And in addition to that, Jesus said, in Revelation, 21, and

verse 8, that all liars shall have their part in the lake

which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second

death. So there are two very good

reasons for us. Not to be Liars if we are

carnal. However, we might be tempted to

be that way in verse In verse 10 of this chapter, Paul reminds us

that we are new men now. And in this new condition,

physical matters and physical differences.

Sort of disappear and we're know.

We're no longer interested whether or not one maybe a Greek

or whether one may be a Jew. Now, that's nothing to us in

America. We really and truly don't care.

Whether somebody is a Greek or whether or not one is a Jew, but

in those days in Bible days. And in that part of the world,

those two different nationalities did indeed make a

difference because the Jews looked upon everybody.

Other than Jews, as, as, as hated and despised Gentiles,

they really were looked upon as somebody very little better off

than a dog maybe. And so Paul is showing that

whatever your nationality, whatever your race, whatever,

part of the country you are from that really, no.

Longer matters now, since you are Christ and since since you

belong to Christ and since you are seeking those things, which

are above because after all the old Jewish religion, the old

religion that made a difference whether or not one was One race

or another. That religion is no more, Jesus

nailed that law to the Cross, according to the colossian

letter, and it doesn't, it's not affecting us anymore.

He goes on to tell us that circumcision is unimportant.

This was an Really difficult thing.

For most of those people to believe circumcision had been

imported for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years.

It went back to the original Covenant between God and

Abraham. But now, Paul said it isn't

important anymore and he said, it doesn't even matter that one

is. So Savage asked to be called a

barbarian, or even a scythian, which was I'm told even more

considered, even more barbarous, than, than any other kind of a

Barbarian. Why is this also will because of

Christ. He is all and in all and that's

just kind of another way of maybe a loftier way of saying

that Jesus Christ is everything to everyone and so no matter who

you are, no matter where you're from, no matter what your race

or nationality is Jesus. Christ is all and in all he is

everything to everyone, no matter our color or whatever we

might be In between something Christ is all that matters and

Paul says he is everything to everyone.

What I want to mention some things this morning some things

that undoubtedly some of you have perhaps thought about it's

nothing new. Well, let me begin at the

obvious beginning place and say that to me, when I think of

Jesus Christ, I think of Jesus Christ as our savior, that's the

obvious beginning place, isn't it?

You know, I, one of my very favorite New Testament.

Stories is found in the 19th Chapter of Luke, the first 10

chapters there, I think this really if you were to take the

Bible and go from cover to cover, I don't think you could

find the mission of Jesus Christ.

Exemplified more clearly than In this passage, this is what he

was all about. Now, when Jesus was in this

world, he very often went from one place to the other.

And on this particular day, he had entered and passed through

the city of Jericho as they went out on the other side of town.

And they came to a tree out yonder somewhere where a

Publican a tax collector and this fellow was the chief of the

publicans that is he was the boss or the top collector.

I suppose you would say of all of them, he had heard that Jesus

was to come that way. Now, that's interesting in and

of itself, whether or not you were a believer of Jesus and

that time was of really little consequence.

Because whether or not you were a follower or It you would have

just about had to been living in a cave somewhere not to have

heard about him and not to have been aware that.

Here was indeed a great great man, who was able to do things

that no other ordinary man could do Zacchaeus had heard about

him. He had gone ahead because

someone said Jesus is to pass this way and so he climbed up

into a sycamore tree and I'm told that the Sycamore then was

not the same kind of Sycamore as we.

No today it was a different kind of a tree, but at any rate,

Zacchaeus had climbed up a tree and there he sat, and I've

always just supposed that perhaps he was somewhat secreted

up there among the foliage. Hoping perhaps to sit up there.

Unseen and watch this great personage as he was to pass that

way. By and by Along Came Jesus.

And I suspect there were some who were taught traveling, or

walking with him. As they came near the tree Jesus

stopped and looked up into that tree and said Zacchaeus now

think of this. He calls the man's name.

Never saw him never heard of him as far as we know.

But he said, Zacchaeus make haste and come down for today.

I must abide at thy house, the old preachers used to preach

sermons called when Jesus goes home with a man.

And on this particular day, Jesus went home with Zacchaeus,

at least we assume he did. He said he was Do and certainly

a great great change. Came in Zacchaeus life that day.

He said, make haste and come down for today.

I must abide at thy house and Zacchaeus did come down and he

stood before the Lord. And you talked about a noble

confession, he said, Lord the half of my goods, I give to the

poor and if I have taken anything from any man by false

accusation, I restore him fourfold.

Now, let me just stop and say something.

I don't know what kind of a Publican zakia's was.

There are some Scholars who believe that Zacchaeus Was A

Good Man and that may very well. Be the case I wouldn't argue

with that but I'm also told that it was a common practice for

publicans to extort about four times more than the taxes.

They were owed from their Jewish Brethren and if they could learn

anything about you, that was unsavory, something that would

be embarrassing. Something you didn't want told

they would extract many times more than that in order for you

to keep their mouths. Shut.

Well, now it is you don't have to be a rocket scientist to

figure out why that the publicans were despised and

hated by just about everybody because when you saw the public

and coming you had to, you better grab on to your wallet

because it was going to be a good bit lighter when he got

through with you. Well, Zacchaeus makes this

confession and he said, if I have taken anything from any man

by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

I'm gonna give him four times more back than what I took.

And Jesus said, and get this. Now, Jesus said this day is

salvation come to this house for so much as he also is a son of

Abraham. and then in verse 10 he said, for the son of man is come

to seek and to save that which was lost I want to tell you,

there is no verse in the Bible that more clearly expresses, the

mission of Jesus Christ than that one.

That's why he came. He came to make a better way.

He came to make it possible for folks like us and even this

Publican who may have been guilty of taking things by false

accusation, but he came to make it possible for folks who are

fault ridden Mortals to stand before, God, free of sin and

inherit Heaven forever. So, when I think of Jesus

Christ, I think of the obvious beginning place, That Jesus is

our savior. you think what a great person is Jesus must have

been To have been considered and chosen by the father to become

the head of the church in Ephesians 5 and verse 23.

The Apostle said, for the husband is the head of the wife

even as Christ is the head of the church.

And he is the savior of the body.

Now, in that passage the Apostle Paul, of course, said some

things that are very much applicable today as far as

husbands and wives were concerned, but make no mistake

the context, or there or the import and the thrust of that

that statement was to show that Jesus Christ is the head.

The one who has the power to govern the church, he is King

Jesus. And so this indicates the kind

of personage grand personage that heaven considered him to

be. No wonder that Paul says that

Our conversation or our way of life is to be from above, or to

be from heaven, in Philippians 3, and verse 20, he said, for

our conversation is in heaven. That just literally means our

way of life, our manner of life, and that's almost always the way

the word conversation is used in the King James version.

Our conversation is in heaven. From whence also, we look for

the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3, verse 20, here's something else that you may not

Philippians 3:20

have considered. And that is that in this passage

is found inspired affirmation to all Jews, as well as everyone

else that the Savior and the Lord Jesus Christ are one and

the same man. No question about it.

He is the Messiah, he is the savior John said of Jesus.

In first, John four and verse 14 and we have seen and do testify

that the father sent the son to be the savior of the world.

There you are, you Don't get any higher than that.

And so the Jews who are still looking for the Messiah to come

our away Yonder too late and looking for that because way

back Yonder in all of those early days, both the Apostle

Paul as well as John testified that Jesus Christ has come to be

the savior of the world, but let me say today, number two, That

Jesus Christ is not our savior unless we are willing to be

saved, you know, I've actually heard people say on radio and

television that they weren't doing this that of the other,

and one day, the Lord just kind of came along and just saved

him. Well, that would be wonderful,

but the Bible doesn't teach, not.

Even one case of anything, like, even remotely similar to that

ever having happened. Jesus doesn't save us against

our will that has to become our desire to be saved in

Revelation, 3 verse 20. Jesus said, behold I stand at

Revelation 3:20

the door and knock If any man hear my voice and open the door,

I will come in to him and will sup with him.

And he with me. And by the way, the word sucked

their means take supper with him.

I will come in and take supper with him and he with me.

So, what a picture it is of Jesus standing at our hearts

door and knocking and every time you read the word of God, and,

and here, the invitation of the Gospel Jesus is knocking at your

heart's door. Now, you have to open the door.

He's not going to break it down and come in and save you.

In spite of everything that you can do.

I may have told this story here. Before, but I remember probably

the first Bible that I ever owned when I was just a little

boy my parents I suppose gave it to me or one of my family

members maybe but at any rate in the very opening page of that

Bible, I never will forget, there was a lithograph picture

in there of Jesus standing before a door, a black and white

picture, of course, and he standing before this door,

knocking at the door. I remember reading that when the

original artist painted that picture from which the

lithograph was made, That he sent out the set out the picture

after he had made it send out some copies of it for his peers

to critique and everybody wrote back it telling him what a

wonderful job. It was what a great picture it

was and you know how that kind of thing goes.

But one man was honest. The more so than the others and

he said, you know, you did do a beautiful job but you left off

the latch-string There's no latch string and there's no way

for Jesus to open the door even though he is knocking at the

door and the artist wrote back and said, I appreciate your

criticism and it was indeed a Keen Eye, that caught that.

But it was not a mistake on my part, it was on purpose.

He said you see this represents Jesus knocking at our hearts

door and the last string is on the inside for you to open.

Jesus cannot open it. You must open it.

Well, that's quite a weighty subject and quite a weighty

statement. It is true.

I'm sad to say that sometimes people will compliment you,

especially if you're preaching and may not even realize what

you have said. In fact, I'll go further than

that. There have been times that I've

been complimented for a great sermon when I didn't preach it

at all. In fact, I remember a few years

ago, at the Fourth of July meeting Pat.

And I went to Lebanon one morning because we Wanted to

listen to Ronnie, Wade, building, was absolutely full.

We got there just a little bit late sat toward the back and one

of the Brethren asked, if I would wait at the Lord's table,

which I agreed. And after the service, since we

were sitting at the back, I got to the door a little earlier

than some of the others and two or three people came by and told

me what a great sermon I had preached.

Well the truth of it is Ronnie waded preached, the sermon it

wasn't me at all and so Sometimes we just kind of

mechanically just sort of in a perfunctory manner, I'll tell

somebody what a great job they've done.

When in fact, we may even be mistaken about who did it.

And so most of the time we preachers kind of take

compliments like that with a grain of salt, but now make no

may not make no mistake about it.

We do enjoy it. We like to have people come by

and tell us that we've done a good job, but it needs to be if

we have, in fact, done the job and so that that's kind of an

important thing. Thing.

But that's the way it was, with the case of this, man, at the

door, Jesus is not going to open it.

We have to open it, and if I want to be saved, I have to go

to Jesus, because there is no other way for me to be saved in

Acts 4 and verse 12. Peter said, neither is there

salvation in any other for there?

Is none. Other name under Heaven given

among men whereby we must be saved.

So if you want to be saved, if I want to be saved, it's going to

have to be through the name of Jesus Christ.

In first, rather Second Corinthians.

I haven't verse 19, the Apostle Paul said to whip, that God was

in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their

trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us, the word or

Ministry rather of reconciliation.

And so, when you think about this, this is one of the reasons

that the church is so important. Today Paul says that God is

found in Christ. Now when you consider that to be

in Christ, is to be in the church because to be in the body

of Christ is to be in the Church of Christ.

According to Colossians 1, verse 18, Ephesians 1 and verse 3.

Colossians 1:18

Also Ephesians 1 verses 22 and 23.

Ephesians 1:22

So to be in Christ is to be in the church.

And why is it so important to be in the church?

Because that's where God is and that's where reconciliation

takes place. That's the reason that we can

meet God and I should say that's the way that we can meet God and

be reconciled to him, is in the church and an Thing is found in

Ephesians 1 and about verse 3 where Apollo said that in the in

Christ in Heavenly places, all spiritual blessings are to be

found. Obviously, if all spiritual

blessings are to be found in Christ, in his body, in his

church, then there are no spiritual blessings.

That can be found out of Christ out of his body and out of his

church. So, if you're looking for

spiritual blessings, my friend, it's in the church that you're

going to find him. No.

No other place and so if I want to be saved, I'm going to have

to go by Christ, you know, in John 14 and verse 6.

Jesus said, I am the way the truth, get this.

Now I am the way the truth, and the life.

No man cometh unto the father. But by me, if you want to get to

heaven, you're going to have to go by Jesus Christ.

How do I go to Heaven by Jesus Christ?

Well, I go to Heaven by obeying the gospel.

The scripture tells me in Romans 10:17.

Romans 10:17

So then Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God,

the Bible tells me also that faith is important.

Read it to me, not only do I get it from having heard the gospel,

but it is important to me in Hebrews 11 and verse 6.

I think I miss quoted that I meant to say, Romans 10 and 17

and Hebrews 11 and verse 6. Paul said, but without faith, it

is impossible to please him. For he, that cometh to God must

believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who

diligently seek him. So we hear the gospel.

And we believe the gospel and then we repent of our sins, Luke

13, and 3 said, I tell you nay, but except ye repent, ye shall

all likewise perish. And there's a whole sermon can

be preached on that one verse there and then we're ready to

confess the name of Jesus Christ.

I love the passage that's found in Romans, 10 verses 9 and 10.

Romans 10:9

Where Paul said that if Thou shalt confess with thy mouth,

the Lord Jesus. And shalt believe in thine heart

that God hath raised him from the dead.

Thou shalt be saved for with the heart, man, believeth unto

righteousness. And with the The mouth

confession is made unto salvation, then we are ready to

be baptized into Christ again, the reason this is so important

is because in Christ or in his church is where all blessings,

spiritual blessings, are to be found and no wonder Paul said in

Galatians 3 and verse 27, or as many of you as have been

baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

So the way we get into Christ is through baptism and that's where

all spiritual blessings are found because when we get The

Christ, we are reconciled to God.

That's where God is and we're members of the church and our

sins are forgiven us. These are great, great things

and wonderful truths in and of themselves.

This is the way that we go to the father, by Jesus Christ.

According to John John the 14th chapter and verse 6.

But let me say also today in verse number 3 that Jesus Christ

strengthens me. He really does.

In Philippians, 4, verses 12 and 13, Paul said and this passage

Philippians 4:12

will make you sad. If you really think about it, he

said I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound

everywhere. And in all things I am

instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and

to suffer need. I can do all things through

Christ which strengtheneth me. This passage has really a kind

of a sad side to it but it has a glorious and a Triumph.

It sound as well, because through Christ who strengthens

him. He could do all things.

Now, let me just say I'm well aware of the fact that the way

the Lord strengthened Paul and the way he strengthens me are

different. I know that.

Paul received direct Revelation, you read aphasias the third

chapter, and Paul tells how he received the mystery referring

to the gospel and he tells how he received it by Revelation and

Revelation is something that always comes directly from God.

Well, we don't get that today and yet we have the very

Revelation that Paul had Paul said in Ephesians 3 and about

verse for if I remember correctly he tells how that that

ref of that mystery was given to him.

And he said, I wrote it a for in few words get this.

Now I wrote it a for in few words and when you read you will

understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ.

What I know. And what, you know, today, as a

result of reading, the book is exactly the same mystery and

he's exactly the same message, as Paul knew.

The only difference is he got it directly and we had to read it,

but there is no difference in the message.

There is no difference in the strength and there is no

difference in the strengthening factor of the message and

through Jesus Christ. I am strengthened by the word of

Truth. Now, The fact that Christ lived

in Paul and according to Ephesians 3 verse 17, Paul said

Ephesians 3:17

that Christ, dwells in Us by faith.

The fact that Christ lived in, Paul gave him the strength

desired and demanded for any task.

And just as that was true, it is also true.

As I just mentioned that that Jesus dwells in Us by faith, how

do you get Faith Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word

of Truth? Romans 10, and verse 17.

So we Can be strengthened by Christ.

How in the world do you face the sufferings in the trials, and

The Temptations and the heartaches of life without the

Lord? You thought about that?

Several times, I've been to the cemetery and left a loved one

there. And I'm always sad, I'm not

going to deny that. But, you know, when I leave

there while I am sad and lonesome.

I have always built up. By the knowledge and the belief

that there will be a reunions someday.

This is not it for us, death to a Christian is like a comma.

In a sentence, there's more coming after this, the, you

know, the sentence is not over. When you see a comma, it's not

over till you see the period And so death for a Christian is like

a comma. And we know there's going to be

a reunions day and that reunions will be forever.

So we have a great deal more than others.

But now when you take that all away, How in the world is a

parent? Take a child.

A husband, a wife. You know, any loved one, how do

you take somebody like that to the cemetery and leave and

really believe in your heart? This is it there's nothing else

I'm not going to see him anymore.

This is all she wrote I'll tell you right now I just took we

don't quite know how people get through that I really don't you

know in first Samuel the 17th chapter is found maybe my

all-time Old Testament. Favorite story.

As long as I can. remember when I was a little boy, I would

listen to my father and other preachers as they would relate

that story and I would just be Spellbound, though, I knew very

well. What was coming next?

I'm talking of course, about the time when David as just a lad

was told by his father to go and take the fair, or find out how

his Brethren were doing. Now, David had some older

brothers and if I recall correctly, three of them had

gone off under the command of King Saul to fight against the

Philistines. After they'd been gone a while,

his father sent David, who was the Bible indicates?

Was just a boy. In fact, the scripture says, at

this time, that his complexion was Ruddy that is he was

red-faced, like boys are and he was fair.

In other words, his complexion was unmarred by a beard or

anything. Such as an older man might have

had. So he was just a ruddy-faced boy

and he sends this boy up there to find out how he is Brad's

Bernard. Doing it is interesting.

Course, David had no idea. Neither did his father, that the

time would come and wouldn't be too far off, either that, this

ruddy-faced boy, would take over King Saul's job as king and

leader of Israel. But that's another subject.

He makes his way up there to the battle line and the Bible tells

us in first Samuel chapter 17 that the Israelites were on one

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side of a mountain, the Philistines on the mountain

opposite and there was a valley in between and they just kind of

been camped up there at a stalemate for a long time about

40 days. In fact, And every day morning

and evening, there was a fellow that would come out from among

the Philistines whose name was Goliath, he was six cubits and a

span in height which would make him something over 9 feet tall,

don't know what he would have weighed, but he was a mighty

man, and he was trained in the art of warfare and every day

morning and evening, this fellow had been coming up and facing

Israel on the hill or the mountain on.

Opposite and telling them your Israelites, we're Philistines.

There's no need for all of us to fight.

Send a man down here to fight me, and if he kills me will be

your servants, if I killed you kill him, you'll be our

servants. Well, the Jews thought that they

knew how that was going to turn out and every time that he would

make such a statement, they would turn and run.

Now, just about the time that David got there, this man made

that challenge and Israel turned and ran.

And David was absolutely. He just couldn't figure it out.

And he said, to somebody, what shall be done to the man who

kills this Gentile for who is this uncircumcised Philistine

that he should defy the armies of the Living?

God tell, you know, to somebody that's been running every day.

Twice a day for 40 days to have a little boy, come up and talk.

Like he's so big and the breeches right here is just a

little bit hard for these fellows to take.

And so the brothers began to try to get him go on back home.

You just up here to see the fight, anyhow.

Well, he just couldn't hush up. In fact, those of us who have

raised boys or girls know that you don't shut one up very easy.

I may have told you this before, but I'm going to tell it again.

When Lance our son was just all about 4 years old.

I guess we went into Florida one time for a meeting.

First time he had ever been there we went home that night

with that afternoon before Services.

We went home with some folks that we had never met before.

They later became good. Friends of ours.

But as we're sitting at a beautiful table with white,

linen tablecloths and candlesticks.

And I mean we really kind of felt out of place.

My son began telling all the family secrets.

It just so happened that on the way to the meeting.

We've been traveling all summer long in the car and on the way

to the meeting Pat and I got into it over when to do the

dirty laundry. We had a trunk full of dirty

laundry and I wanted to do it then and she wanted to wait till

we got on into Jacksonville, Florida.

And so we got a little sharp with one another.

And she said, I'll tell you one thing.

She said, I if I could find an airport, I'd go home.

And I said, well I'll tell you what.

If I can find one, you're out of here.

And so, you know, a kid sat in the backseat big, I had that

night at the dinner table it. We talk the weather down, you

know, and didn't have anything else to say, any kind of got

quiet and Lance piped up, and said my mom and dad and nearly

had a divorce on the way down here.

And so then of course we had to tell the story and explained it

all. Well, that's the way it was with

David. You can't shut a little boy up.

David wasn't going to be hushed. He just continued to make these

these these boast, you know, he wished he had the chance to go

fighting. They just couldn't get rid of

him. And finally saw brought him in

and said, you know, tried to reason with him but that didn't

work either. David said, you know, I'm not

afraid to dismantle. I said the same God that

protected me when Ally in a bear came out to the flock, Said he

protected me from the ball from the Paul and the mouths of those

animals, he said he'd protect me from this from this Philistine

to just let me get at him. I'll show you what I'm talking

about. And so saw brought out his coat

of armor and put it on David, and I've always thought that

David must have looked like, Sad Sack.

If you can ever remember some of you.

What Sad Sack was this? This is a full grown man's Army,

you know coat of mail and David, is this a little Slight built

fella. It must have been a pitiful

sight and David took a look at himself and he said I cannot use

these things. For they have not been proven

you know, I thought so many times in fact, I can remember

the old preacher saying that through the years when

Innovations came along and were introduced to God's people,

wouldn't it have been nice if there had been somebody with

enough wisdom to say we can't use these They haven't been

proven. Of course, the scripture says

prove all things hold fast to that, which is good.

But of course, that wasn't done, at least, not sufficiently

enough. And the church was split more

than one time. So David takes all of this off

and he goes out with his little Shepherd's sling and he picks up

five, smooth stones at the brook.

Only one of which would be needed.

As he went out to meet the giant, the giant sees him coming

and apparently David had this sling, but he also had his

Shepherd's staff, which was probably just kind of second

nature to him and he said, have you come out against me as you

would a dog with sticks and staves and stones.

He said, come here to me, I'll give your flesh to the birds and

the and the beasts of the field. The Bible says he cursed David

by his gods. I don't remember exactly what

David said, but the gist of it was I'm coming to you in the

name of the god of Heaven. And I'm going to get your head

today because the battle is the Lord's.

And that's exactly what happened.

He said, you come to me with swords and Spears but I come to

you in the name of God Jehovah. He let go of the stone and it

buried himself and the Giants forehead and down.

He went and David goes up and takes this giant sword, which

was undoubtedly almost bigger than he can handle, but he hacks

his head off and carried it back to Israel.

And that day, that day a great fight Was Won.

And I want to tell you something, Israel, learned a

great lesson. Lesson that day from a little

boy, that had more faith than anybody else.

And I submit to you that it was not a case that day of a little

boy. Who just got lucky.

I don't believe that at all. I think he had some help

supernaturally, so and you do to David trusted in the Lord for

help and in our battles with life and all of its Temptations,

we would surely fail but we can conquer all of them.

If Jesus Is With Us, Israel was delivered by Moses.

We're delivered a Christ I could go on and on Christ Is Our

Redeemer. Peter said in First Peter 1

1 Peter 1:18

verses 18 and 19 for as much as you know that you were not

redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from your

vain conversation received by tradition from your father's,

but with the precious blood of Christ as of a lamb, without

blemish and without spot. And Paul said in whom we have

Redemption through his blood, even the Forgiveness of sins

Colossians 1 and verse 14. And finally first 16 and verse

20. He said for your bought with a

price, therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit

which are Gods. Now, I've just barely touched

the top. Because the scriptures teach us.

That Christ is also our Hiding Place Colossians 3 and 3.

He is our foundation. First Corinthians 3, 10 and 11.

He's the door, John 10 and 9, he's the purchaser Acts, 20 and

28 and the word of God tells us that he is the truth.

The prophet, the priest and the king.

And Isaiah said, his name would be called wonderful counselor.

The Mighty God, the Everlasting, father, and the Prince of Peace.

He's also called the lily of the valley and the Rose of Sharon.

he is the resurrection he's the Good Shepherd, you can just go

on and on Jesus Christ is just no wonder the Bible says he is

all and in all He is everything to everyone.

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